The Lost Challenges discussion

Every 3 months we will give you a list of facts about a randomly selected year with reading tasks to go with them. Read a book for each fact.


A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks




Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.



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Tari FINISHED

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 15/11-15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone drives a Jeep.
Operation Bailey Birthday Piper Rayne 7/5/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year.
2020 Rules for Dating Your Ex Piper Rayne 7/4/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability.
The Friendship Pact Jill Shalvis 7/1/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings.
1768 ratings Winning my Best Friend's Girl Piper Rayne 7/3/22

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a singer/songwriter.
Never Enough Roxie Noir 7/2/22

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Mystery.
Another One Bites the Crust Ellie Alexander 7/18/22

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Summer Island Hope Ciara Knight 7/9/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with a character who speaks Swedish.
The Book Woman's Daughter Kim Michele Richardson 7/23/22

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Wife in Disguise Susan Mallery 7/5/22

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a character is not paid enough to live on.
From This Moment Elena Aitken 8/31/22

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
BIG BURLY HUNK: A Curvy Girl, Age Gap Romance Erin Havoc 7/11/22

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
The Somerset Girls Lori Foster 7/7/22

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts.
The Hotel Nantucket Elin Hilderbrand 7/20/22

14. October 31
📰 Read a book with a character named George.
True Dead Faith Hunter 7/10/22

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii.
After Care L.B. Dunbar 7/6/22

My spot
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.

Finished 12/7
New to me author

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

Finished 3/7
Published July 1, 2022

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

1588 ratings finished 11/9


5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

Both MC är musicians finished 21/8

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

Mpg fantasy finished 16/8

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).

Shy
Finished 5/7

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

Stealing His Kitten
Finished 22/8

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

Finished 28/7

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

142 pages
Finished 18/8


14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked

Set in Hawaii finished 30/7

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVEL
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Completed. Finished


Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Abby Jimenez-The Friend Zone 8/14/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
(2022)
Help Me Remember-Corinne Michaels 8/25/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book set in New York.
New York-Luke Richardson 7/06/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
(2, 767)
Catch Me When I Fall-A.L. Jackson 7/24/22

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
(Writer/Author)
Second Chance Scandal-M. Robinson 7/28/22

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
(Psychological Thriller)
Autumn's Game-Mary Stone 8/19/22

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Cold Silence-Toni Anderson 8/24/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Stiff Suit-Tawna Fenske 8/11/22

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Code Name: Revenge-Sawyer Bennett 7/14/22

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a character is not paid enough to live on.
Resisting Roots-Audrey Carlan 8/20/22

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Valen-Jessica Gadziala 9/18/22

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
Until May-Aurora Rose Reynolds 7/03/22

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
(308)
Someone Like You-Marie Force 8/24/22

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota.

15. December 7.
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii.
Rescuing Hi`ilani-Reina Torres 9/09/22

✅✅✅Done!!!✅✅✅ 14/15

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

1941


★★★Tasks: ★★★

📰1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
A new-to-you author: Don't Hate the Player ★★★★ 12 July

📰2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
A 0 or 2 in the publication year ~2022~: In the Key of Us ★★★★ 3 July

📰3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Set in New York: Vinyl Moon ★★★★ 15 July

📰4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. ~1409~: Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American ★★★★ 14 July

📰 5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
A character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author: The Husbands ★★★ 16 July

📰6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
Genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller:The Alchemist ★★★ 8 July

📰7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
A title begins with A, C, D or S: A Castle in the Clouds ★★★ 8 July

IN THE NEWS
📰8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
Author uses a middle initial: The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto ★★★ 5 July

📰9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
Set in Washington ~Seattle~ : Measuring Up ★★★ 23 July

📰10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
A large company is doing wrong to their employees: If This Gets Out ★★★★ 18 Sept

📰11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Title begins with a letter in BULOVA: Ophie's Ghosts ★★★★ 21 July

📰12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
Two main characters: Love From A to Z ★★★★ 4 July

📰13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
Set in Massachusetts: You'll Be the Death of Me ★★★★ 15 July

📰14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham:

📰15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
Set in Hawaii: Moloka'i ★★★★ 4 September

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15 of 11-15 Complete

Tasks:

🛩 1. New in 1941 - The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Hurricane Beach - Lexie Nicholas - 7/28/22

🛩 2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Secrets of Bones - Kylie Logan - 7/5/22 - orig pub 2020

🛩 3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Read a book set in New York.
Murder on Madison Square - Victoria Thompson - 7/25/22

🛩 4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Small Wonder - Barbara Kingsolver - 7/29/22 - 10,220 ratings

🛩 5. Born in 1941
Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin - Mariana Zapata - 7/15/22 - MC is the lead singer of a band called The Cloud Collision

🛩 6. In Theaters
Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Die for You - Lisa Unger - 8/12/22 - tagged Mystery, Romantic Suspense and Psychological Thriller

🛩 7. On The Radio
Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Deadly Appearances - Gail Bowen - 7/30/22

🛩 8. In the News
Read a book with a nine letter title (may be more than one word)
Nightwork - Nora Roberts - 7/18/22

🛩 9. March 22 - Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
Read a book set in Washington
Little Falls - Elizabeth Lewes - 7/8/22

🛩 10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees.
Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - Barbara Kingsolver - 8/31/22

🛩 11. July 1
The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA
Blood Kiss - J.R. Ward - 7/24/22 - B

🛩 12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
Read a book with two main characters.
Take Me, Cowboy - Maisey Yates - 7/19/22 - Chase and Anna

🛩 13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
The Shadows - J.R. Ward - 7/11/22 - 590 pages

🛩 14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
Read a book set in South Dakota.
Mercy Kill - Lori G. Armstrong - 8/26/22

🛩 15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor:
Read a book tagged WAR.
Princess Elizabeth's Spy - Susan Elia MacNeal - 7/26/22

In! Any book posted has been read. Finished 7/26/2022


📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author. Town in a Blueberry Jam B.B. Haywood
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year. Katherine of Aragón: The True Queen (2016)
📰 Read a book set in New York. Passing Fancies
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number. We Bought a Zoo (7291)
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is. The Hotel Nantucket (Xavier is a business mogul)
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Mystery. Hotspur
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count). Death by Hot Apple Cider
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial. What Angels Fear C.S. Harris
📰 Read a book with a three word title. A Timely Vision
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees. Zodiac
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA. Until We Meet
📰 Read a book with two main characters. Impact Statement: A Family's Fight for Justice against Whitey Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and the FBI (Whitey Bulger and Steve Flemmi)
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count. Murder on the Rocks (289)
📰 Read a book with a character named Abraham. A Pledge of Silence (Margie’s boyfriend)
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather (the mob attacks the making of the godfather and tries to stop it)

My spot! :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

FINISHED!!!!

Tasks:
✔1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Octopi My Heart by Amanda Meuwissen (7/3/2022)

✔2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Red Dragon's Mate by Delaney Rain (7/4/2022), 2022

✔3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Crankshaft by K.M. Neuhold (7/1/2022)

✔4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer by Jennifer Cody (7/7/2022), 2,016 ratings

✔5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Elliot, Song of the Soulmate by Anyta Sunday (9/5/2022), singer songwriter

✔6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
The Kite by N.R. Walker (9/6/2022), Drama, Mystery, Romantic Suspense

✔7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Catch and Release by Isabel Murray (7/13/2022)

IN THE NEWS
✔8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Divas, Death & Drag by Shane K. Morton (8/4/2022)

✔9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Not That Complicated by Isabel Murray (7/3/2022)

✔10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Powered by Ghosts by Kaje Harper (9/17/2022)

✔11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Lumberjack Under the Tree by Keira Andrews (7/8/2022)

✔12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Claws by Stella Rainbow (8/6/2022),

✔13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Cruising: An MM Anthology by various authors (7/22/2022)

✔14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Rainbow Rodeo by B.A. Tortuga (7/28/2022)

✔15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
A Mage's Guide to Aussie Terrors by A.J. Sherwood (7/4/2022)

I'm in for Nostalgia.

Trip into 1941
July - Sep 2022

1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao 7/5/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Accidental Guardian by Mary Connealy 7/14/22
pub 2018

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book with a male character that has a half-brother.
The Sky Above Us by Sarah Sundin 7/17/22
Adler, half-brother: Clay

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne 7/6/22
672,427 ratings

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a business person. Tell us what their occupation is.
The Second Half by Lauraine Snelling 7/20/22
Mona runs her own business.

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Romantic Suspense.
Retribution by Lynette Eason 7/7/22
Romantic Suspense

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A (all words count).
A Shelter of Hope by Tracie Peterson 7/14/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with a nine-letter title (may be more than one word).
Ever After by Karen Kingsbury 7/23/22

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book with a three-word title.
The Winter Rose by Melanie Dobson 7/12/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a character is not paid enough to live on.
A Noble Groom by Jody Hedlund 9/16/22
Annalisa Werner

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Beyond the Desert Sands by Tracie Peterson 7/24/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
The Unexpected Champion by Mary Connealy 7/27/22
Penny and John

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton 7/13/22
192 pages

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book with a character named George.
After Our Castle by Kellyn Roth 8/28/22
George "Jordy" McAllen

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book where something is attacked.
Inventions of the Heart by Mary Connealy 7/25/22
Michelle was attacked by Jarvis

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

Goal: 13/15
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Ice Storm - Rick Moody - 07/01/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Newport Harbor House - Cindy Nichols - 07/03/22 - Published 2019

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book with a male character that has a half-brother.
My German Brother: A Novel - Chico Buarque - 08/09/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 07/08/22 - 243677 ratings

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection - Alexander McCall Smith - 08/24/22 - Clovis Andersen, author

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
A medve és a csalogány - Katherine Arden - 07/11/22 - Fantasy

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn - 07/25/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial.
Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 1 - Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson - 08/29/22

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov - 07/20/22

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Lassúság - Milan Kundera - 07/20/22

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
The Orphan Collector - Ellen Marie Wiseman - 08/04/22 - Pia Lange and Beatrice Groves

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
A History of What Comes Next - Sylvain Neuvel - 07/04/22 - 290 pages

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota.
Iris in the Dark - Elissa Grossell Dickey - 08/30/22

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 11/11-15

Tasks:
1. 📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author- Galatea-Madeline Miller 8/15

2. 📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year- Dead of Winter-Kealan Patrick Burke 8/18 (2018)

3. 📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability- No Way Out-Robert Kirkman 8/4

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number. Captain America: Red Menace, Vol. 2-Ed Brubaker 7/2 (1431)

5. 📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.- Look Back-Tatsuki Fujimoto 8/5 (Writer/Author)

6. 📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller- A Slow Fire Burning-Paula Hawkins 7/5 (Mystery)

7. 📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count)- Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take-Tsugumi Ohba 8/7

IN THE NEWS
8. 📰 Read a book with a nine letter title- The Island-C.L. Taylor 7/6

9. 📰 Read a book with a three word title- A Silent Voice, Vol. 7-Yoshitoki Oima 7/1

11. 📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA- The Last Last-Day-of-Summer-Lamar Giles 8/8

13. 📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count- Captain America: Red Menace, Vol. 1-Ed Brubaker 7/1 (112)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

COMPLETED


Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone drives a Jeep.
We Were the Mulvaneys by Carol Joyce Oates 7/4/2022
Patrick (PJ) drives a Jeep.

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris 7/6/2022Published 2001


3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book with a male character that has a half-brother.
Dear Mrs. Bird by A J Pearce 8/9/2022
Charles and Guy are 1/2 brothers.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
August Heat by Andrea Camillieri 8/21/2022
5462 Ratings

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Return to Tradd Street by Karen White 8/17/2022
Jack is an author.

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Swift Justice by Laura A DiSilverio7/15/2022
Mystery

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts 7/21/2022

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with a character who speaks Swedish.
40-Love by Olivia Dade 7/26/2022
Lucas was born and raised in Sweden.

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Never Forget Me by Dan Panadova 7/9/2022

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees.
Four Ways to Wear a Dress by Gillian Libby 8/5/2022
Entire marketing team laid off for explaining why solid wood toys being sold at $150 for a block is not a money making proposal.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
One Summer by David Baldacci 7/13/2022

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with a cat on the cover (show cover).
If You've Got It, Haunt It by Rose Pressey Bettancourt 7/14/2022


13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
A July Bride by Beth Wiseman 7/6/2022
120 pages

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
The Mapping of Love and Death by Jacqueline Winspear 7/23/2022
Teddy Clifton is Michael's brother.

15. December 7
📰 Read a book where something is attacked.
The Bone Cay by Eliza Nellums 8/8/2022
Key West is attacked by a cat 4 hurricane.

FINISHED

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVEL; Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Read: 10

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend 7/4/22 (new to me author)

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Inspector French: Death on the Way by Freeman Wills Crofts 7/7/22 (originally published 1952)

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Case of the Late Pig by Margery Allingham 7/3/22 (2,011 ratings)

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
The Defence by Steve Cavanagh 7/15/22 (main character is a lawyer).

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello by Chris McDonald 7/19/22 (Cosy Mystery)

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Swan Song by Edmund Crispin 7/31/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Last One Alive by Karin Nordin Page 114, English character Liam speaks Swedish to his Swedish partner Bengt.

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths 7/18/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Blueprint for Murder by Roger Bax 7/27/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie (192 pages) 7/2/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks


Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

15/15


Tasks:

1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
The Accidental Newlywed Game - Jaci Burton (Penguin - July 2022) (purse) - July 1

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Last of the Red-Hot Cowboys - Tina Leonard (Random House - June 2014) - July 6

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Forever, Plus One - Wendy Warren (HSE #2930 - Sept 2022) (half-brother) - Aug 13

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
A Nordic King - Karina Halle (Karina Halle - Sept 2018) (15,451) - Aug 20

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Snowflake Bay - Donna Kauffman (Kensington - Sept 2015) (business person) - June 12

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Murder Gone Cold - B.J. Daniels (HI #2061 - Apr 2022) - Aug 8

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Christian Seaton: Duke of Danger - Carole Mortimer (HH #1252 - Oct 2015) - July 7




IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Shielding Her Son - K.D. Richards (HI #2089 - Aug 2022) (initial) - July 15

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Stalking Colton's Family - Geri Krotow (HRS #2179 - May 2022) (romantic suspense) - Aug 2

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Rivalry at Play - Nadine Gonzalez (HD #2887 - Aug 2022) (doing wrong) - Aug 6

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
The Viking's Stolen Princess - Sarah Rodi (HH #1622 - Dec 2021) (title) - July 5

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
The Princess and the Single Dad - Jessica Gilmore (HR #4816 - Aug 2022) (two main characters) - July 13

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Montana Mystery - Josie Jade, Janie Crouch (Calamittie Jane Pub - July 2022) (fire) - July 8

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Lady Armstrong's Scandalous Awakening - Marguerite Kaye (HH #1642 - Apr 2022) (George) - Aug 2

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
The Hawaiian Quilt - Wanda E. Brunstetter; Jean Brunstetter (Barbour - Sept 2016) - Aug 27

Welcome Emeli, Frankie, Jessica, Lynda, Jennifer, Rissa, Andrea, Ferenc, Grace, Anne, Sheila, Kim, and Susan!!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Her Plus One by Summer Dowell (7/4/22)
new-to-me author

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Spring Vacation Collection by Josi S. Kilpack, et.al. (7/6/22) - 2017

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
A Taste of Sun by Heather B. Moore (7/12/22)
set in NY

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Roommate Situation by Katie Bailey (7/14/22) - 5,211 ratings

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Lawfully Festive by Natalie Middleton (7/7/22) - business owner

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Eye for an Eye by Stephanie Black (7/14/22)
Mystery

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Chasing Tess by Annette Lyon (7/2/22)

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Picture Perfect by Heather B. Moore (7/4/22)

9. March 22
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Head Over Stilettos by Liwen Y. Ho (7/5/22)

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Looking For Love by Meg Easton (7/6/22)

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Dancing at the Flea Market by Heather Justesen (7/2/22)
two main characters

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Friends Like These by Carina Taylor (7/1/22) - 238 pages

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
European Collection by Annette Lyon, et.al. (7/12/22) - Thomas

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
At Odds with the Billionaire by Liwen Y. Ho (7/11/22)
Hawaii

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 11/11-15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
A Hoe Lot of Trouble by Heather Webber 9/20/2022

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year. 2019
A Crunchy Crust of Murder by Patti Benning 9/17/2022

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number. 2311 Ratings
A Chip and a Chair by Cordelia Kingsbridge 7/2/2022

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is. Author
Who Was Dr. Seuss? by Janet B. Pascal 7/22/2022

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Where Death Meets the Devil by L.J. Hayward 7/22/2022

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Death, Taxes, and Hot-Pink Leg Warmers by Diane Kelly 7/20/2022

IN THE NEWS
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial.
Death by Baguette: A Valentine's Day Murder in Paris by Jennifer S. Alderson 8/5/2022

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Ride the Lightning by Aimee Nicole Walker 9/16/2022

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Booked for Murder by Tim Myers 9/16/2022

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
Dyeing to be Loved by Aimee Nicole Walker 9/11/2022

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts.
The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand 8/31/2022

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

12/15

1941


Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
A Highlander Walks into a Bar Laura Trentham 07.05.22 4 stars

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Paris is Always a Good Idea Jenn McKinlay 09.04.22 5 stars published 07.21.2020

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Abandoned in Death J.D. Robb 07.04.22 5 stars

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Dead in the Water Denise Swanson 07.10.22 4 stars 1467 reviews

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Thin Ice Paige Shelton 09.10.22 5 stars Beth Rivers aka Elizabeth Fairchild is an author

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Bayou Moon Ilona Andrews 08.05.22 5 stars tagged fantasy 1084 times

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Die Me a River Denise Swanson 07.28.22 4 stars

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Bears Behaving Badly MaryJanice Davidson 07.01.22 3 stars

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Diane Kelly 07.02.22 5 stars

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Every Body on Deck G.A. McKevett 07.03.22 4 stars 304 pages

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Pineapple Lies Amy Vansant 09.20.22 4 stars George Sambrooke developed the senior citizen community
15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Ukulele Murder Leslie Langtry 09.18.22 3 stars

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: July 1st, 2022 to Sept. 30th, 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15/15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Jameela Green Ruins Everything by Zarqa Nawaz - July 23rd
Jameela eats peanut M&Ms on pg. 148

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon - July 4th
Oct. 31st, 2013

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Still the One by Jill Shalvis - July 5th

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth by Kurtis J. Wiebe - July 15th
26 079 ratings

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs - July 11th
Kyle is a divorce attorney.

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood - July 8th

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Spy x Family, Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo - July 7th

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow - July 6th

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - July 2nd

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller - July 18th

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin - July 13th

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs - July 23rd

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - July 3rd

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - July 28th
Thomas Hao

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe - July 13th

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
14/15

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Murderous 4th of July Kathleen Suzette 7/2/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
2017-A Pie to Vie For Kathryn Lin 7/1/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Thorne walked with a limp-WineBuried Wedding Lyndsey Cole 7/7/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Hank was a singer-The Sneaky Seashore Slayer Audrey Clementine 7/3/22

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Red, White and Blue Murder Kathleen Suzette 7/9/22

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
A Prop of Murder Penny Brooke 7/5/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Murder Boxed Up Rosie A. Point 7/12/22

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
A Poisonous Page Kitt Crowe 7/12/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Petter Off Dead Chelsea Thomas 7/15/22

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Laced with Murder Patti Benning 7/10/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Cat- Kathy Manos Penn 7/6/22

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
84-The Hole Truth Emma Ainsley 7/8/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Thomas-For Sale by Killer Catherine Bruns 7/14/22

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Olivia's good name was attacked-Pier Pressure Wendy Neugent 7/13/22

Read one book for each task.

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks / Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
lorraine heath/tae keller

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
City of Orphans Avi nyc set

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
the girl who fell beneath the sea

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
alice in wonderland
crying in h mart

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
sing down the moon scott o'dell

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
unusual chickens for the exceptional poultry farmer

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

Welcome Shash, Genevieve, Moondance, Kendra, Tari, and Cindy!

A Trip Down Memory Lane 1941

Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2022
Level: Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

READ: 15/15

✔ 1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro 7/4
(she clutched a handbag), p76

✔ 2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Ballad of Perilous Graves - Alex Jennings (pub June 2022) 7/27

✔ 3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Murder Most Frothy - Cleo Coyle 7/2

✔ 4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Munro - Kresley Cole (4734 ratings) 7/25

✔ 5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Heart of Steel - Meljean Brook (Zenobia is an author) 7/16

✔ 6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
The Girl Before - Rena Olsen 7/21

✔ 7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Camera Obscura - Lavie Tidhar 7/11

IN THE NEWS
✔ 8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Home Again - Mariah Stewart 7/17

✔ 9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
When We Found Home - Susan Mallery 7/14

✔ 10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Change of Heart - Jude Deveraux (Miranda) 7/14

✔ 11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Up the Seine Without a Paddle - Eliza Watson 7/24

✔ 12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Second Edition Death - Elizabeth Penney 7/19


✔ 13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Perfectly Matched - Heather Webber 7/22

✔ 14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Cold Clay - Juneau Black (Theodore Meade) 7/29

✔ 15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo (the country of Ravka) 7/28

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Welcome Barbara!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

Finished

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
✔ Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag.
Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1 - 31/08/2022

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
✔ Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
When She's Ready - 19/08/2022 (2019)

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
✔ Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Blind Beast Mate - 12/12/2022

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
✔ Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Mandy and the Tentacle Monster - 03/07/2022 (1,646)

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
✔ Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Does a Bear Shift in the Woods - 14/07/2022 (business person)

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
✔ Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Heartache - 12/07/2022 (Fantasy)

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
✔ Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Scarlet Angel - 31/07/2022

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
✔ Read a book with an author uses a middle initial.
The Never King - 15/01/2023 (Nikki St. Crowe)

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
✔ Read a book with a three word title.
Wedded in Winter - 12/08/2022

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
✔ Read a book where a character is not paid enough to live on.
Heat for Hire - 24/01/2023

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
✔ Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Undead and Unappreciated - 07/02/2023

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
✔ Read a book with two main characters.
When She Belongs - 17/01/2023

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
✔ Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Rogue Protocol - 23/07/2022 (150 pages)

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
✔ Read a book with a person who works with stone.
Promised to the Orc - 09/02/2023

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
✔ Read a book where something is attacked.
Death Watch - 10/02/2023

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 0/11-15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

✅5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
📚Thank You for Listening - Julia Whelan, 8/18/22 -- singer

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

✅7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
🎆Cherish Her - Andrea Johnston, 7/4/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

✅12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
🎆Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun - Jonny Garza Villa, 7/29/22

✅13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
📚Goodbye Paradise - Sarina Bowen, 8/2/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

Welcome Ana and Katelyn!

Finished 09/27/22

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

15/15

1941


Tasks:
🇺🇸1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse.
Pleading the Fish - Bree Baker 07/04/22 {Everly Swan}


🇺🇸2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Booked 4 Murder - J.C. Eaton 07/12/22 {2017}


👙3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability.
Lemon Drop Dead - Amanda Flower 08/14/22 {Hannah is deaf}


🇺🇸4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number. {18,030 ratings}
Trouble in Mudbug Jana Deleon 07/11/22


🇺🇸5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer. Tell us what their occupation is.
Eggs in Purgatory - Laura Childs 07/16/22 {Bobby Waite, lawyer}


🇺🇸6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Better Late Than Never - Jenn McKinlay 07/19/22 {Mystery}


🇺🇸7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
A Big Fat Greek Murder - Kate Collins 07/27/22


IN THE NEWS
🇺🇸8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial.
Jennifer S. Alderson - Death by Windmill 07/08/22


🇺🇸9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
The New Normal - Kathi Daley 07/28/22


🇺🇸10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees.
Matched- Ally Condie 07/29/22


👙11. July 1.
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Bundle of Trouble - Diana Orgain 08/08/22


🇺🇸12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
The Lights of Sugarberry Cove - Heather Webber 07/22/22 {Sisters, Leala Claire & Sadie Way}


🇺🇸13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
{0} You Can't Always Get What You Haunt - Ellen Riggs 07/17/22


👙14. October 31
📰 Read a book with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Purls and Potions - Nancy Warren 08/02/22


👩🏼‍🏫15. December 7
📰 Read a book where something is attacked.
Without a Brew Ellie Alexander 09/27/22 {Sloan is attacked by the villain}

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Read: 15/11-15

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
The Wickenham Murders - Amy Myers 7/1/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year.
{2010} Forbidden the Stars - Valmore Daniels 7/12/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book set in New York.
Murder in Studio One - Norman Corwin 8/1/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings.
{2,878} Live and Let Chai - Bree Baker 7/18/22

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a business person.
{Everly Swan, owner of Sun, Sand, and Tea} No Good Tea Goes Unpunished - Bree Baker 7/29/22

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Fantasy.
The Killing Joke - Christa Faust 7/4/22

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Celtic Viking - Lexy Timms 7/7/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial.
The Hunted - A.J. Scudiere 7/14/22

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Love & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch 7/22/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a character is not paid enough to live on.
The Wife Lie - Anya Mora 8/8/22

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA.
Agent Zero - Jack Mars 7/27/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters.
No Light - Hettie Ivers 7/6/22

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
{357} Malevolent - Jana Deleon 7/18/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book with a character named George.
{George Hammer} Voyage of the Dead - David P. Forsyth 8/24/22

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book where something is attacked.
{Nikola's Castle} The Lost Vampire Prince - Melody Raven 7/20/22

Welcome Shelly and Chelsea!

The Lost Challenges
A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

Progress: 0 out of 15
LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Every 3 months we will give you a list of facts about a randomly selected year with reading tasks to go with them. Read one book for each task.

Tasks:

1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

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Welcome Suzanne!

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Tattered Stars by Catherine Cowles 7/3

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Southern Heat by Natasha Madison (2021) 7/4

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Gilt by Jamie Brenner 7/12

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes (9,086 ratings) 7/5

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
American Royalty by Tracey Livesay (Danielle is a singer) 7/19

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Southern Secrets by Natasha Madison (Romantic Suspense) 7/6

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Southern Sunshine by Natasha Madison 7/7

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood 7/8

9. March 22
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
The Sweetest Connection by Denise Williams 7/9

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
One for the Money by Skye Warren 7/15

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Mine to Have by Natasha Madison 7/9

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
My Killer Vacation by Tessa Bailey 7/10

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Deadly Wipeout by Beth Prentice 9/4

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

2/6

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author. - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun 12.07.22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).

9. March 22
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover). - by Caitlin Doughty 09.07.22

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.

14. October 31
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.

Welcome Amanda and Dita!

Finished! :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
July 1, 2022 - September 30, 2022

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

14/11-15 Tasks Completed

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Her Plus One by Summer Dowell (7/4/22)

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
Spring Vacation Collection by Josi S. Kilpack, et.al. (7/6/22) - 2017

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book set in New York
A Taste of Sun by Heather B. Moore (7/12/22)

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Roommate Situation by Katie Bailey (7/14/22) - 5,211 ratings

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Lawfully Festive by Natalie Middleton (7/7/22) - business owner

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Eye for an Eye by Stephanie Black (7/14/22) - Mystery

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Chasing Tess by Annette Lyon (7/2/22)

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial
Picture Perfect by Heather B. Moore (7/4/22)

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
Head Over Stilettos by Liwen Y. Ho (7/5/22)

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA
Looking For Love by Meg Easton (7/6/22)

12. July 19
📰 Read a book with two main characters
Dancing at the Flea Market by Heather Justesen (7/2/22)

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Friends Like These by Carina Taylor (7/1/22) - 238 pages

14. October 31
📰 Read a book with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
European Collection by Annette Lyon, et.al. (7/12/22) - Thomas

15. December 7
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii
At Odds with the Billionaire by Liwen Y. Ho (7/11/22)

WOOHOO Shash!

Finished with 14, Nostalgia level

A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
14/15

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Murderous 4th of July Kathleen Suzette 7/2/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
2017-A Pie to Vie For Kathryn Lin 7/1/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Thorne walked with a limp-WineBuried Wedding Lyndsey Cole 7/7/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Hank was a singer-The Sneaky Seashore Slayer Audrey Clementine 7/3/22

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
Red, White and Blue Murder Kathleen Suzette 7/9/22

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
A Prop of Murder Penny Brooke 7/5/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Murder Boxed Up Rosie A. Point 7/12/22

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
A Poisonous Page Kitt Crowe 7/12/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Petter Off Dead Chelsea Thomas 7/15/22

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Laced with Murder Patti Benning 7/10/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Cat- Kathy Manos Penn 7/6/22

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
84-The Hole Truth Emma Ainsley 7/8/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Thomas-For Sale by Killer Catherine Bruns 7/14/22

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Olivia's good name was attacked-Pier Pressure Wendy Neugent 7/13/22

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A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022

LEVELS
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks
Completed 7.19.22

Tasks:
1. New in 1941
📰 Read a book by a new-to-you author.
Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. 7.12.22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year. (2007)
A Slice of Heaven. Sherryl Woods. 7.4.22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book with a male character that has a half-brother. (Heming/Oddi)
The Half-Drowned King. Linnea Hartsuyker. 7.14.22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number. (2996)
Hygge: The Danish Art of Happiness. Marie Tourell Søderberg. 7.7.22

5. Born in 1941
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is. (Marcy is a business person)
The Quick and the Thread. Amanda Lee. 7.8.22

6. In Theaters
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Fantasy.
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast. Robin McKinley. 7.18.22

7. On The Radio
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A
A Long Petal of the Sea. Isabel Allende. 7.15.22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial
The Cousins. Karen M. McManus. 6.29.22

9. March 22
📰 Read a book with a three word title.
The Death Class: A True Story About Life. Erika Hayasaki. 7.11.22

10. May 29
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees (The mine is not treating their miners fairly)
The Giver of Stars. Jojo Moyes. 7.16.22

11. July 1
📰 Read a book whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA
Bloomsbury Girls. Natalie Jenner. 7.7.22

12. July 19
📰 Read a book where most of the story takes place in a kitchen
Home. Marilynne Robinson. 7.7.22

13. October 11–12
📰 Read a book where a fire happens.
The Girl On Legare Street. Karen White. 7.17.22

WOOHOO Kim!

FINISHED!!! A Trip Down Memory Lane - 1941
Duration: 1st July 2022 - 30th September 2022
Starting July 21 - Sept 30, 2022

LEVELS
Fond Memories: 1-5 tasks
Reminiscing: 6-10 tasks
Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

Tasks: 80/15+

1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where
a) someone carries a purse or bag,

The Other Einstein Marie Benedict (Mileva carries her coursework in a bag) 08/28/22
The Windsor Knot (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates #1) S.J. Bennett (Queen Elizabeth II always carried a bag) 09/11/22
The Fortunes of Jaded Women Carolyn Huynh (all of the older women carry counterfeit designer bags) 09/21/22

b) eats M&M's
Weather Girl Rachel Lynn Solomon (@41% Russ eats Carrot Cake Flavoured M & Ms) 07/24/22

c) drives a Jeep
The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Jamie Ford (Lois drives a Jeep) 08/11/22

d) OR by a new-to-you author
Plainly Murder Isabella Alan 07/21/22
A Kitten Called Holly (Jasmine Green #4) Helen Peters 08/27/22
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter 08/28/22
Biloxi Mary Miller 08/30/22
It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider Jim Henson 09/20/22
On What Grounds (Coffeehouse Mystery #1) Cleo Coyle 09/26/22

2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
French Braid Anne Tyler (2022) 08/12/22
The Madness of Crowds (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #17) Louise Penny (2021) 08/17/22
Life's Too Short (The Friend Zone #3) Abby Jimenez (2021) 09/15/22
Below Zero (STEMinist #3) Ali Hazelwood (2022) 08/05/22
Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays R. Eric Thomas (2020) 09/23/22

3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book
a) where a person has a physical disability
Rules of Civility Amor Towles (Eve has a limp) 07/29/22
Out of My Mind Sharon M. Draper (Melody is in a wheelchair and non-verbal) 08/22/22
The It Girl Ruth Ware (Ryan is in a wheelchair) 09/04/22

b) OR set in New York
Several People are Typing by Calvin Kasulke 08/07/22
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson 09/22/22

c) OR with a male character that has a half-brother
The Blind Side Michael Lewis (Michael Ohr has several half-brothers) 09/04/22

4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
The Candy HouseA Vist from the Goon Squad #2) Jennifer Egan (15,878) 09/01/22

5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a
(Tell us what their occupation is)

a) lawyer - (Liam is an attorney)
Under One Roof (STEMinist #1) Ali Hazelwood 08/05/22


b) business person - (Jo Marie Rose owns a d operates a B & B)
Love Letters (Rose Harbour #3) Debbie Macomber 08/10/22

c) singer - (Bennie is a singer)
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan 07/21/22

d) songwriter - (Tucker is a singer songwriter)
The Happy Ever After Playlist Abby Jimenez 08/28/22

e) poet - (Ruth Zardo is a renown poet)
Kingdom of the Blind Louise Penny 07/23/22

f) musician - (Akira is a violin virtuoso)
Fifty Words for Rain Asha Lemmie 07/21/22

g) film director - (Amon Wilkins)
Geekerella (Once Upon a Con #1) Ashley Poston 08/01/22

h) screenwriter - (Marco is a screen writer )
Here's to Us (What If It’s Us #2) Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera 08/22/22

i) or writer/author - (Finlay is a writer)
Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan #2) Elle Cosimano 08/22/22

6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with
a)Anime (Manga)
Oh My Goddess!, Volume 1 Kosuke Fujishima 08/04/22

b) Fantasy
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald 08/07/22

c) Drama
My Cousin Rachel Daphne du Maurier (it has been adapted into a film, mini-series and play) 08/27/22

d) Women's Fiction
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors Sonali Dev 08/03/22

e) Western
Wrangled by Lilith Remi Carrington 09/27/22

f) Mystery
Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot #3) Agatha Christie 07/31/22

g) Romantic Suspense
More Than You'll Ever Know Katie Gutierrez 08/07/22

h) OR Psychological Thriller
The Good Sister Sally Hepworth 08/30/22

PART TWO

7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with
(all words count).

A - Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience Brené Brown 08/01/22

C - Counterfeit Kirstin Chen 08/04/22

D - D is for Deadbeat Sue Grafton (Doug was Billy’s half-brother) 07/22/22

S - Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel 08/16/22

IN THE NEWS
8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses
a) a middle initial
Four Aunties and a Wedding Jesse Q. Sutanto 07/27/22

b) OR with a character who speaks Swedish
The Deal of a Lifetime Fredrik Backman 08/03/22

c) OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Baby Proof Emily Giffin 07/25/22
Finding Me Viola Davis 08/27/22

9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 a) Read a book set in Washington
The Ex Talk Rachel Lynn Solomon 08/09/22

b) OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government

c) OR with a three word title.
Send for Me Lauren Fox 07/22/22
Murder, Served Simply (An Amish Quilt Shop Mystery #3) Isabella Alan 08/26/22
Stuck with You (STEMinist #2) Ali Hazelwood 09/01/22
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot #22) Agatha Christie 09/06/22
Murder, Plainly Read (Amish Quilt Shop Mystery #4) Isabella Alan 09/06/22

10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where
a) a large company is doing wrong to their employees
The Bodyguard Katherine Center (Glenn blackmails and puts his employees in uncomfortable situations) 09/03/22
The Fortunes of Jaded Women Carolyn Huynh (the coffee bar allows patrons to abuse the waitresses) 09/21/22

b) OR where a character is not paid enough to live on
More Happy Than Not Adam Silvera (Aaron’s social worker mother is working two jobs and they are struggling) 08/20/22

c) OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
S. John Updike (several of the former workers on the ashram file suit against the organization after leaving it) 09/24/22

11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where
a) a character watches a baseball game on TV
Gilead Marilynne Robinson (@51% “. . . The Yankees are playing the Red Sox today . . . We have a television now . . .” ) 07/31/22

b) OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family Ron Howard 08/03/22
A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamche #15) Louise Penny 08/07/22
All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #16) Louise Penny 08/13/22

c) OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Here's to Us Becky Albertalli 08/28/22

12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book
a) with two main characters
Bookish and the Beast(Once Upon a Con #3) Ashley Poston (Rosie and Vance) 08/04/22
Narwhal's School of Awesomeness (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #6) Ben Clanton 08/17/22
Part of Your World Abby Jimenez (Alexis and Daniel) 09/04/22

b) OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen
Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes #2) Sonali Dev 09/18/22

c) OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con #2) Ashley Poston (cat on cover) 08/02/22
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Samantha Irby 09/15/22

13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book
a) set in Massachusetts
Granny Undercover (Secret Agent Granny Mystery #2) Harper Lin (Cheerville is in New England - state not specified) 09/25/22

b) OR where a fire happens
The Measure Nikki Erlick (people started fires to burn the boxes and strings) 09/15/22

c) OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Happy New Year-Baby! Masami Hoshino (128 pages) 08/17/22
Fangirl Rainbow Rowell (483 pages) 09/02/22
It's Not the End of the World Judy Blume (176 pages) 09/07/22

14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book
a) set in South Dakota
Makoons (Birchbark House #5) Louise Erdrich 09/26/22

b) OR with a person who works with stone
Hallowe'en Party Agatha Christie(the Drake family owned a quarry and hired a landscape gardener) 09/25/23

c) OR with a character named
1) George - The Under Dog and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot SS #28) Agatha Christie (Poirot’s manservant is named George) 09/05/22

2) Thomas - Uncharted Waters (Getaway #1) Sally Hepworth (Thomas is Emma’s husband) 09/04/22

3) Teddy (Theodore) -

4) Abraham - West with Giraffes Lynda Rutledge (p. 30 Lionel Abraham Lowe) 08/26/22

15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book
a) set in Hawaii
Diving in (Resort to Love #2) Gretchen Galway (Hawaii) 09/22/22

b) OR tagged WAR
I Must Betray You Ruta Sepetys 09/24/22

c) OR where something is attacked.
Glass Houses (Inspector Armand Gamache #13) Louise Penny (Armand Gamache and his team are attacked by drug dealers) 07/22/22

Welcome Melissa!

All done.

A Trip Down Memory Lane 1941

Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2022
Level: Nostalgia: 11-15 tasks

READ: 15/15

✔ 1. New in 1941
Coach is a global fashion house founded in New York in 1941.
M&M's production began in 1941 in a factory located at 285 Badger Avenue in Clinton Hill, Newark, New Jersey.
The Jeep is introduced by the U.S. Army.
📰 Read a book where someone carries a purse or bag, eats M&M's, drives a Jeep OR by a new-to-you author.
Ordinary Monsters - J.M. Miro 7/4
(she clutched a handbag), p76

✔ 2. Average Income Per Year: $2000
📰 Read a book with a 0 or 2 in the publication year. Tell us the year.
The Ballad of Perilous Graves - Alex Jennings (pub June 2022) 7/27

✔ 3. U.S. President - Franklin D. Roosevelt
📰 Read a book where a person has a physical disability OR set in New York OR with a male character that has a half-brother.
Murder Most Frothy - Cleo Coyle 7/2

✔ 4. U.S. Population - 133.4 Million
📰 Read a book that has more than 1334 ratings. Tell us the ratings number.
Munro - Kresley Cole (4734 ratings) 7/25

✔ 5. Born in 1941
Gloria Allred, American lawyer
Gilberto Benetton, Italian billionaire businessman
Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan, American poet, musician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese film director and screenwriter
Otis Redding, African-American singer, musician
Anne Rice, American writer
📰 Read a book with a character who is a lawyer, business person, singer, songwriter, poet, musician, film director, screenwriter or writer/author. Tell us what their occupation is.
Heart of Steel - Meljean Brook (Zenobia is an author) 7/16

✔ 6. In Theaters
Citizen Kane
Dumbo
Honky Tonk
How Green Was My Valley
The Little Foxes
The Maltese Falcon
Suspicion
📰 Read a book with the genre or tagged with Anime, Fantasy, Drama, Women's Fiction, Western, Mystery, Romantic Suspense OR Psychological Thriller.
The Girl Before - Rena Olsen 7/21

✔ 7. On The Radio
"Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)" by Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
"Dolores" by Bing Crosby
"Scrub Me Mama, With a Boogie Beat" by Will Bradley and his Orchestra
📰 Read a book whose title begins with A, C, D or S (all words count).
Camera Obscura - Lavie Tidhar 7/11

IN THE NEWS
✔ 8. February 23
Glenn T. Seaborg isolates and discovers plutonium.
📰 Read a book with an author uses a middle initial OR with a character who speaks Swedish OR with a nine letter title (may be more than one word).
Home Again - Mariah Stewart 7/17

✔ 9. March 22
Washington state's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
📰 Read a book set in Washington OR where a Native American's life is messed up by the government OR with a three word title.
When We Found Home - Susan Mallery 7/14

✔ 10. May 29
The Disney animators' strike occurs, due to Walt Disney refusing to recognize his animators and their low pay.
📰 Read a book where a large company is doing wrong to their employees OR where a character is not paid enough to live on OR where a company gets sued by a former employee.
Change of Heart - Jude Deveraux (Miranda) 7/14

✔ 11. July 1
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:29 PM over WNBT, before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies.
📰 Read a book where a character watches a baseball game on TV OR whose title begins with a letter in BULOVA OR with a watch on the cover (show cover).
Up the Seine Without a Paddle - Eliza Watson 7/24

✔ 12. July 19
The Tom and Jerry cartoon short "The Midnight Snack" is released; it is the second appearance for the duo and the first in which they are officially named.
📰 Read a book with two main characters OR where most of the story takes place in a kitchen OR with a cat or mouse on the cover (show cover).
Second Edition Death - Elizabeth Penney 7/19


✔ 13. October 11–12
Fire destroys a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber, and causing a setback to the United States war effort.
📰 Read a book set in Massachusetts OR where a fire happens OR with a 0, 1, 5 or 8 in the page count.
Perfectly Matched - Heather Webber 7/22

✔ 14. October 31
The carving of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota is completed.
📰 Read a book set in South Dakota OR with a person who works with stone OR with a character named George, Thomas, Teddy (Theodore) or Abraham.
Cold Clay - Juneau Black (Theodore Meade) 7/29

✔ 15. December 7
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II. The attack begins at 7:55 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time, and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 a.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
📰 Read a book set in Hawaii OR tagged WAR OR where something is attacked.
Rule of Wolves - Leigh Bardugo (the country of Ravka) 7/28

CHALLENGE COMPLETE